Sad-iron.



MAXUFACTL'RIXG COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, OF'PHILAD a coRPoRxnoN or PEXNSYLQNIA.

l T o all whom zt may concern- Be it known tha-t I, HARRY E. ASBURY., fa,

citizen of the 'United States, residing in Phila,

delphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain cross bar was made hollow Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cert-ain improvements in the sad iron for which application for patent was tiled by me on July 16th, 1904, under Serial Number 216,833.

The main object of my present invention is to strengthen the cross piece of the cap of the sad iron so that it will not be bent in testing and in use and a. further object is to close the opening under the bar.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1, is a plan view of my improved sad iron cap; Fig. 2, is an inverted plan view, with the protector removed; Fig. 3, is a longitudinal sectional view on the hne 3 3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4, is a transverse sectional view on the line 4-4, 1 and Fig. 5, is a view of" the protector.

A is the body of the sad iron g this body may be of any suitable shape.

B is a sheet metal cap having a flange b which overlaps the edge of the body portion of the sad iron and tits snugly thereto. This cap is secured to the body portion A by screws passing through fianged openings a in the ca Extending across the cap is a central ri d and on each side of this rib are openings b for the passage of the clamping jaws of the handle.

In the application above alluded to the and wasformed ofthe metal cut out to form the openings and bending these portions under the bar, so as to form a suitable grip for the jaws of the handle.

i fter the caps are made they are tested and subjected to rather rough usage and when the irons are in use considerable strain is placed 'upon this cross bar and as the cross bar mus*L be of an even diameter throughout, so that the grip of the handle will accurately it the cap. I have provided means by which it will be impossible to distort this cross bar either during testing or when the iron is in actual use- To accomplish this I place a bar D between the two lips d of the rib d before the lips are bent into position and when this bar is in position the lips are bent over the bar, as clearlv shown in Fig. 2, and in order to )revest the bar moving lonvfitinlinall'r I by using a portlon san-IRON. l

\y Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 27, 1905.- Serial No. 247,577.

'rss riga-NT ormon- LPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

assunti, or rHInibaLri-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA, Assicxla. To 'rnrnxrenenrsn y Patented auge, 190s.

e in the plate at the final pressing the bar is rigidly form slightprojections e, each end of the bar during of the plate, consequently kheld between the lips of the rib and the ri must necessarily be' at all times of the same diameter.

- The bar takes the -entire strain and prevents any distortion of the cross rib. `.It will be understood that myinvention is particularly adapted to struck up sheet steel sad iron caps which are made very light.

Inorder to close the opening under the cap I provide a cup shaped protector I, as clearly shown in the detached view Fig. 5. This protector has a fiangelii which is notched at each end i'.

On the cap B are two lips e which are struck up from the body of the cap and are bent down so as to extend, through the notches i of the protector, the lips are then bent in against the protector so as to firmly attach it to the cap. Thus when the cap is applied to the body of the sad iron the protector covers the material with which the body of the sad iron is filled, making a'neat appearance.

f claim as my mvcntionz 1. A sad iron cap having a with openings at each side, lips port-ion of the metal cut to form the openings and a bar mounted under the rib and secured transverse rib,

thereto by bending the lips around the bar,

substantially as described.

2. A sad iron cap having a transverse` rib with depending lips, a bar transversely arranged in respect to the cap and held to the rib by the lips, and projections on the cap at each end of the bar to prevent the bar from moving longitudinally, substantially as described.

A struck up sheet metal cap for a sad iron having a central transverse rib with openings at each side of the rib, lips formed by a portion of the metal cut from the openings, and a bar mounted under the rib and secured thereto by bending the lips around the bar, with projections struck up from the body of the cap and situated at cach end of the bar so as to prevent it from moving longitudinally, substantially as described.

4. A cap for a sad iron having openings for the insertion of the jaws of the handle, a cup shaped protector mounted under the cap, said protector having a flange, the

flange being notched at each end of the pro-Y *l i formed by a evo 

